Safety collar-button.



G. B. MANNING.

SAFETY COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.28| 191s.

Patelited Aug. 3, 1915.

T INVENTOR @[Ofif b? MWV/W/V WITNESSES ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLANUORAPH (IO-,WASHINGTON. D. c

i GEORGE BRITON MANNING, or a'rnnivrlc CITY, New Jnnsnv.

SAFETY COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1913. Serial No. 787,104.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnomes B. MANNING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Safety Collar- Button, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention has specialreference to an improved safety collarbi'itton consisting of two sections designed to be movably engaged and to clamp the material of the neckband or other garment between thebases of said movable parts or sections.

A further object of the invention" is the provision of an improved collar button which consists of a base having a stem provided with a head or enlargement at its free end, and an outer shell also provided with a base and head and further provided with interior walls or depressions adapted to permit the frictional engagement of the head of the stem therethrough so as to retain the bases of the sections in spaced relation or in contact, said sections when in the firstnamed position being capable of displacement through a buttonhole by passage of the second-named head diagonally through said buttonhole.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention resides more particularly in the peculiar combination and arrangement of parts which will be illustrated as a preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings and described in the specification.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refcrence indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a safety collar button constructed in accordance with the invention, the stem of the inner part of the button being shown partly in elevation and the sections being spaced apart; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the button in operative position upon a section of cloth illustrating a portion of a ncckband; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner section ofthe button; Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on the line tl of Fig. 2; Fig. 5.is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified formof head for the inner stem, as well as a modified form of depression or retaining means for holding the sections in such relation; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6'of Fig.

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5,- and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view of provided with outwardly projecting studs 12. A stem 13 is formed integrally with the base, alsoin the form of a shell, and is provided with a cylindrical head 14 of solid formation. Theother section of the button is provided with a base 15 having a rounding flange at its surrounding edge and which is open at its inner side andwhich is further provided with inwardly projecting studs 16 designed to be disposed in staggered or opposed relation to the studs 12 and designed to cooperate therewith in engaging the material of a neckband 17 or other cloth material provided with a buttonhole for use in such manner.

The stem 18 of the outer section of the button, which button as it will be seen is constructed in two parts, is integral with the base 15 and is somewhat enlarged relative to the stem 18, and is further provided with an enlarged head 19 designed to bepassed through the buttonhole in the usual manner. The stem 18 at spaced points is provided with continuous depressions 20' and 21, respectively, formed by stamping in the metal to produce partitions with restricted throats or passages through which the head 14 of the stem 13 may be forced. Normally, the head '14: is held between the spaced depressions in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and after the head 19, stem 18 and base 15 are passed through the buttonhole 22, the base 15 being arranged diagonally for this purpose, the button sections are forced together by exerting pressure against the spaced bases 10 and 15, thus forcing the head 14 beyond the depression 20 by which it is held from outward displacement, through the restricted passage formed by the depression 21, thus to cause the studs 12 and 16 to engage the cloth in the manner shown in Fig.2 of the drawings and to hold the sections in assembled position. A button of this type may be readily withdrawn and applied, but owing to the fact'that thebase 10 is considerably larger than the base 15, the neckband or other similar portion of an article of apparel may be unfastened without liability of the button being lost.

spaced depressions 24 are provided to co operate with the head 23, whereby the latter may be made slightly larger and still not be mutilated in being forced past the depressions. It is also to be understood that the outer depressions 20 in each of the aforesaid forms of the invention are designed to form more restricted throats than the depressions 21 or 24-, thus preventing the sections from becoming displaced when the heads are drawn through the throats formed by the depressions 21 orQ-l and into the space betweenthe spaced depressions of the stem of the outer section orshell.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 7 ofthe drawings, the outer section is provided with a plain and uninterrupted stem 25, at the inner end of which an apertured wall 26 is secured, as by means of solder 27, and the base 10 is provided with a relatively short stem 28 having a slightly enlarged globular head :29 designed to be permanently and rigidly attached to the wall 26 or snapped therethrough, but in such a manner as to allow sufiicient space to accommodate the neckband held between the bases of the sections. Either button is applied by first passing the head 19 through the buttonhole or buttonhole's and then angularly disposing the button to pass the base,

15 of one section thereof through the but tonhole, so that the button will be disposed in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the collar button is thus secured in position, in either of the forms illustrated, the collar or other article of apparel is engaged over the outer shell and retained from displacement by the head 19 in the'usual way. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is -1. A safety button embodying an inner section'having an enlarged base, a stem and ahead at the free end of the stem, an outer sectionconsisting of a shell having an integral base of less diameterthan the first named base and a head, said latter base having a rounding flange at its surrounding edge, said last named stem having means to permit forcible engagement of the first named head therethrough to hold said bases in a plurality of adjusted positions in spaced relation, said button being designed'to be applied angularly through a buttonhole so that the material may be clamped between the bases, and studs projecting in opposite Copies of this patent may be obtained for directions from the opposed faces of the bases to engage said material.

2. A safety button embodying an inner shell section having an enlarged hollow base having a convexedinner faceand a depressed and relatively fiat outer face, a stem integral withthe base and a head at the free end of the stem, an outer shell section consisting of a shell having a base of less diameter than the first named base and open at its inner side, and a head, said last named stem having a restricted portion to permit forcible engagement of the first named head therethrough and into the first named stem to hold the bases against accidental separation.

3. A safety button embodying an inner section having an enlarged hollow base with a convexed inner face and a depressed outer face, a stem integral with the base and a head at the free end of the stem, an outerv section consisting of a shell having a flanged base of less diameter than the first named base and open at its inner side, a head, said 1 last named stem having a restricted portion to permit forcible engagement of the I first named head therethrough and into the first named stem to hold the bases against accidental separation and oppositely projecting studs'carried by the bases and designed to cooperate to grip a section of ma terial held between said bases, certain of said studs projecting from the depressed face of the first named base and beyond the extreme portion thereof and the other studs projecting from the inner face of the second named base and terminating adjacent the edge of the flange therefor, whereby the studs will hold the material therebetween by friction. l

4:. A safety button embodying an inner section having an enlarged base, a stem'and a head at the free end of the stem, an outer section consisting of the shell having an integral base of less diameter than the first named base and a head, said latter base having a rounding flange at its surrounding edge, said last named stem'having means to permit forcible engagement of the first named head therethrough to hold said bases in spaced relation, said button being-designed to be applied angularly through a buttonhole so that the material may be clamped between the bases, and studs projecting in opposite directions from the opposed faces of the bases to engage said material. V I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

